[FPSPACE] Aldridge Commission report

[james oberg]

A good way to test the different candidates is look at the orbital
inclinations. The first mission was headed SE into about 70 deg inclination,
I believe, not west of south into a 95 to 98 deg inclination. Also, its
downrange abort site was Mataveri on Easter Island, not Hao in French
Polynesia.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DwayneDay" <zirconic1 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Aldridge Commission report


> -----Original Message-----
> >Hey, don't knock job perks.  I'd have done the same thing.  BTW, the
> canonical speculation is that his flight would have deployed LACROS(aka
> LACROSSE)-1/Mission 3101 , which was the first NRO payload
post-Challenger.
> It would be intresting to go back and see if that speculation is still
> consistent with the facts as they are now known or semi-known.
> *******
>
> No, this was supposed to be the Teal Ruby flight.
>
> Teal Ruby was an unclassified Air Force experimental infrared satellite.
It was canceled after it was built because the sensor was outdated.  I
believe the sensor was later donated to a university and the satellite was
broken up.
>
>
>
> DDAY
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